Geneura

(g soft). Daughter of the King of Scotland. Lurcanio
carried her off captive, and confined her in his father's castle. She
loved Ariodantes, who being told that she was false, condemned her to
die for incontinence, unless she found a champion to defend her.
Ariodantes himself became her champion, and, having vindicated her
innocence, married her. This is a satire on Arthur, whose wife
intrigued with Sir Launcelot. (Orlando Furioso, bk. 1.)